[lit-ideas] Re: right to terror
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 02:34:21 -0800
he was certain they were suffering a lot
> more than he was.
ck: Then he landed.
Carol
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From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 1:48 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] right to terror
> Just a note on terror.
>
> Years ago, Smithsonian Magazine had an article about people who survived
> falling from great heights. One guy had his parachute fail, pulled his
> reserve chute, and it wrapped around him, cocooning him for a two mile
> drop to the ground.
>
> He bounced a bit, broke dozens of bones, but his report was interesting.
>
> When he fell, he had a moment of terror and then let go. At that point
> he experienced a moment of great calm, and he felt sorry for the people
> on the ground watching him. he was certain they were suffering a lot
> more than he was.
>
> This and other reports in that article convinced me that giving up
> control, the moment of death, is a lot less fearful than we imagine it
> to be. One thinks of the studies of zebras who relax when their necks
> are in the lion's mouth.
>
> Yours for a different war on terror,
> Eric
>
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